List: Recovery

• A deadly Seduction

  You seduced me with no trouble at all. / At first it was fun, one big party. / We were together always later, / a love affair that I gladly

  10 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 16 2:11 AM 2007. In Contest, Personal, Dark, Pain, My life
• My Mistress, my love. (Recovery)

  Sweetly seductive, a liquid siren in disguise. / Took me 30 odd years to finally open my eyes. / Fun for a long time, then I crossed that l

  45 lines, 13 comments, on Jul 3 8:57 PM 2007. In Contest, Personal, Hope, My life, Inspirational, Escape
• White Death by Choice.

  The whiteness is blinding, snowblind and mind fried. / Too many hours, days, years of this fun, this party. / It calls to me, it wont let m

  9 lines, 8 comments, on Jul 13 4:13 AM 2007. In Personal, Dark, Pain, Contest, My life, Message, Self, Humanity
• Keep it simple stupid (KISS)

  I'm an alcoholic, a professional drunk. / I do it well, did it often, every night. / You see, I don't have a drinking problem, / I have a s

  59 lines, 10 comments, on Jul 13 9:19 PM 2007. In Personal, Thoughts, Life, Hope, Spiritual, Contest, My life, Message, Inspira
• Truth be told.

  Bleached white bones, the trials of my past,
  blinding in intensity, so evident in the shadows.

  21 lines, 5 comments, on Aug 9 9:40 PM 2007. In Contest, Life, Personal
• Consequences of our actions

  It used to be our home, happy and joyful sounds came from it daily,
  kids laughing, radio playing, a happy home we called our own.

  9 lines, 9 comments, on Aug 21 1:16 AM 2007. In Contest, Dark, Pain, Sad, Thoughts
• Changes. (10 Word Quickie)

  I got sober.
  Friends, hangouts,

  7 lines, 7 comments, on Sep 5 7:27 PM 2007. In Contest, Hope, Quickie
• Stinking thinking (Recovery)

  The voices in my head are screaming,
  I only wish that I were dreaming;

  18 lines, 12 comments, on Sep 9 8:33 AM 2007. In Personal, Thoughts, Hope, Spiritual, Longing, Message, Inspirational
• The Bottom (Recovery)

  Many times I tried to quit,
  as many times I failed.

  22 lines, 7 comments, on Sep 16 2:51 AM 2007. In Contest, Personal, Life, Society, Drug/Alcohol Abuse, Message, Inspirational
• Web of Lies

  Hanging by a thread, disguised, not looking to fight, not giving a damn what's wrong or right.

  13 lines, 7 comments, on Oct 1 11:12 PM 2007. In Contest, Quickie, Rounds, Society, Sad, Dark, Personal, Life
• Becoming real, again. (Recovery)

  Beat down like a mangy dog begging for scraps,
  tail between my legs, I slink off into the shadows;

  10 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 3 1:09 AM 2007. In Contest, Personal, Thoughts, Hope, Life
• The Addiction is real. (Recovery)

  The first drug I used was a joint smoked many years ago, in the back of a Ford Courier pick up, at Knotts Berry farm.

  64 lines, 5 comments, on Nov 1 11:32 PM 2007. In Contest, Drug Abuse, Personal, Thoughts, Life, Sad, Pain, Hope, My life, Message
• Before & After (Recovery/Acrostic)

  Destructive self behavior Rampant self-centeredness

  32 lines, 7 comments, on Nov 7 9:19 PM 2007. In Contest, Personal, Thoughts, Life
• Death holds no class distinction

  I will come for you tonight,
  you have no clue,

  44 lines, 29 comments, on Nov 9 4:00 PM 2007. In Contest, Life, Thoughts, Dark, Death
• Suicide dreams

  The icy waters beckon, life miserable, heart broken, sighs unheard by all.

  31 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 27 4:07 AM 2007. In Contest, Life, Dark, Spiritual, Thoughts, Hope, Pain
• Clearer vision (Recovery)

  When you look in my eyes, what do you see?
  The derelict drug addict or the man who has been set free?

  6 lines, 9 comments, on Dec 2 11:31 PM 2007. In Contest, Personal, Life, Hope
• Tale of a drunken fool (Recovery)

  I sit alone in my room,
  dark eyes shunning the light.

  50 lines, 5 comments, on Jan 30 8:24 PM. In Contest, Dark, Life, Personal, Pain, Sad, Thoughts, Recovery
• Be strong (Sonnet)

  For many years I lived my life all wrong,
  drinking, drugs, staying up for days on end.

  17 lines, 3 comments, on May 22 10:05 PM. In Contest, Hope, Personal, Thoughts, Recovery, Sonnet
• Crown of Shit (Recovery)

  Blood rushes to my head, all thoughts are wild,
  an elemental craving takes control.

  26 lines, 14 comments, on Aug 28 11:22 PM. In Contest, Personal, Abuse, Recovery, Drugs, Crack, Thoughts, Hope, Message

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